Friends,
Pizza is near, so accept this as the beginning of many thoughts.
I would like to begin a dialogue on the topic of the Superman stories, for anyone who knows them and is interested in such discussion. While pondering after seeing Superman Returns (or Superman V) in theatres, and recently re-watching the old I and II with Christopher Reeve, I noticed how much I enjoyed the story. In fact, I REALLY got into it (as I do with many things, get really excited after just being introduced to a new hobby or something, go overboard, three hours straight of being a fan, then lose dedication or come to my senses and say "All things in moderation, and that was definitely NOT a moderate three hours..."). During this period of fascination, however, I learned a terrible lot about the story. While it's quite interesting, I started collecting some slightly unnerving details:
-- Superman (Kal-El), the only son of Jor-El
-- sent by his father to save the human race from destruction and evil
-- evil often appears in the form of a highly educated Lex Luthor who uses technology for selfish purposes
-- Superman overcomes this evil with his super-strength and brute force (Luthor often says "mind over muscle", but apparently muscle wins over mind)
-- when Superman falls in love with Lois Lane, he takes her for flights around the world, saves her from every peril, and of course she falls in love with him; or is she in love with his strength?
I feel like I could write twelve papers or a comprehensive volume of books analyzing the stories. But to prevent me from doing such, please interject your thoughts in the form of comments to this post. Thus we can contain the discussion to one post rather than flood the main page.
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That reminds me of a show that I've been following this summer called The 4400. This was the third season, and the storyline is thus: one day, in a brilliant flash of blue light, thousands of people (4400 to be exact), suddenly appear. These were people who disappeared at different times throughout the past fifty years. They have returned with no memory of where they've been. But eventually, they begin to discover that they were abducted by people from the future and given special powers so as to prevent a "catastrophe" from happening.
The 4400, finding it difficult to integrate back into society, band together to form a support group. The leader of this is a man named Jordan Collier. He is admired greatly by some, but chastised by many others. It is prophesied by a 4400 with precognative abilities that Jordan will be assassinated, and he is.
His followers are devastated, but pick themselves up and continue his mission. One year after the assassination (a few episodes ago), Jordan Collier shows up again, very much alive. At one point, I began to really question the character's role in the show when he is walking through a crowd of people who are praising him. Hmm...
The sad thing is, I've seen this in a few different movies and TV shows. Anakin Skywalker, for instance. Everybody wants a savior, but there is only one who is truly good. Jordan Collier is proud and boastful, and doesn't have real love for his followers. Superman uses his strength to win over his woman. Anakin Skywalker lets his anger take hold of him.
This is unfortunate news for me because it makes me question my motives for watching these programs. But I am not about to begin worshipping any of them. They are simply fictional characters that come from (most likely) secular minds. I instead will just remember that Jesus Christ is my perfect, good, and loving Savior. These others are simply characters that come from silly programs that I will continue to watch.
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